UFC Portland: By the Numbers

The heavy-handed Brazilian garnered arguably the most significant
victory of his career on Saturday night, as he captured a
split-decision triumph over two-time flyweight title challenger
John
Dodson in the UFC Fight Night Portland headliner.

While Dodson frustrated his Brazilian opponent with his speed and
movement, “Hands of Stone” was able track down the Jackson-Wink MMA
representative consistently enough to land some of his patented
powerful hooks. The victory was marred, of course, by Lineker’s
performance one day prior on the scales, as he missed weight for
the fifth time in his UFC career. Here are the rest of the facts
and figures from
UFC Fight Night 96 “Lineker vs. Dodson,” with statistics
courtesy of FightMetric.com.

15: Unofficial media scorecards, of the 22 tracked by
MMADecisions.com, that awarded the fight to Lineker, who won
via split decision. Seven others, meanwhile, scored it for
Dodson.

101: Significant strikes landed by Dodson. Lineker, meanwhile,
landed 93. Dodson outlanded his foe 15 to 9 in round one, 15 to 14
in round three and 34 to 27 in round five. Lineker, meanwhile,
outlanded Dodson 16 to 15 in round two and 27 to 22 in round
four.

32: Significant strikes by which Alex
Oliveira outlanded Will Brooks
in their lightweight bout. Of the 48 significant strikes landed by
the Brazilian “Cowboy,” 28 occurred in the clinch and 12 were on
the ground. Oliveira won via TKO due to ground-and-pound 3:30 into
round three. Brooks appeared to suffer a rib injury during the
bout.

4: Takedowns apiece landed by Oliveira and Brooks. Oliveira, who
missed weight by 5.5 pounds on Friday, landed 4 of 10 attempts,
while Brooks went 4-for-8.

1-5: Record for Joshua
Burkman since returning for a second UFC stint in 2015. On
Saturday, “The People’s Warrior” dropped a split decision to
short-notice foe Zak Ottow in
a featured welterweight contest. Burkman’s only victory during that
stretch came against K.J. Noons at
UFC Fight Night “Hendricks vs. Thompson” on Feb. 6.

9: Career submission victories for “TUF 24” cast member Brandon
Moreno following his first-round tapout of Louis
Smolka. However, Saturday marked first guillotine choke victory
for the Mexican flyweight.

1: True submission victory in 12 professional appearances for
Luis
Henrique da Silva. The Brazilian known as “Frankenstein” earned
his first tapout in his second Octagon appearance, submitting
Joachim
Christensen with an armbar 4:43 into the second round of their
light heavyweight encounter. Da Silva earned a submission victory
via punches on the Brazilian circuit in 2014.

9: Takedowns defended in 13 attempts by Andre Fili in
a three-round verdict over Hacran Dias
at featherweight. The Team Alpha Male member also escaped a
submission attempt in the second stanza.

20: Significant strikes by which Fili outlanded Dias. “Touchy” also
held a 72-to-46 edge in total strikes landed.

9: Finishes at 185 pounds for Marquardt, tying him with Chris Leben
for second most all-time in the division. Anderson
Silva is No. 1 with 11 middleweight finishes.

3: KO/TKO victories in Portland for Marquardt. In addition to
McCrory, the Grudge Training Center product has also knocked out
Demian
Maia (UFC 102) and Tyron
Woodley (Strikeforce “Rockhold vs. Kennedy”) in “The City of
Roses.”

59: Significant strikes by which Ion
Cutelaba outlanded Jonathan
Wilson in their preliminary light heavyweight duel. The
22-year-old outlanded his foe 29 to 10 in round one, 36 to 12 in
round two and 24 to 8 in round three en route to a unanimous
decision win.

36: Significant ground strikes landed by Curtis
Blaydes in his second-round technical knockout victory over
Cody
East at heavyweight. Blaydes, who landed 13 significant ground
strikes in round one and 23 in round two, ended the contest with a
barrage of elbows to the side of East’s head.

4: Takedowns landed in six attempts by Octagon newcomer Ketlen
Vieira in a split-decision triumph against Kelly
Faszholz. The Brazilian landed at least one takedown in each
frame, offsetting a 113-to-67 edge in total strikes for Faszholz.